Yoko Ono Quotes & Sayings

True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely. — Yoko Ono

I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting. — Yoko Ono

Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life. — Yoko Ono

Reality can be elastic, and I want to see how elastic it can be, you know? — Yoko Ono

I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them. — Yoko Ono

The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don't mean to brag, but I'm so fast with technology. People think it all seems too much, but we'll get used to it. I'm sure it all seemed too much when we were learning to walk. — Yoko Ono

After my husband John Lennon passed away, I tried to smile for my health. — Yoko Ono

I've always said that I use my voice as an instrument. It was something I created myself, and I said, 'Have voice, will travel.' — Yoko Ono

I'm not going to doubt my life. — Yoko Ono

All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds! — Yoko Ono

If people want to make war they should make a color war, and paint each others' cities up in the night in pinks and greens. — Yoko Ono

My beauty secret is ... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much. — Yoko Ono

The boats outside the window were always still I wondered if one of them would take me to the ocean. — Yoko Ono

In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians, and there was a lot of waving banners and all that. And I think in a way, just as they were enjoying that machoism of war, we were enjoying the machismo of being anti-war, you know? — Yoko Ono

One day, the dance charts will be the biggest chart in the music world. Because we all need to dance. This planet will be a fun planet when the judges in court will end the day with a dance! — Yoko Ono

Over 1,057,000 people have been killed by guns in the USA since John Lennon was shot and killed on 8 Dec 1980, — Yoko Ono

It's always good to do something that is not a repeat. I just don't believe in repeating. — Yoko Ono

O SANITY
It's only sane to be insane
Psychotic builds a castle
And neurotic lives in it
I don't know what to do with my sanity
When the world's at the verge of calamity
O' sanity, o' sanity
What am I to do with you
Drink up, shoot up, anything you please
But you're always standing behind me
Like a devil in hell
O' sanity, sanity
Why don't you let me go?
Let go, let go!
Cut it out! — Yoko Ono

Women artists are still treated differently from men. — Yoko Ono

When I got pregnant, I had to concentrate on being pregnant for a whole nine months, even though I knew it was ruining my career at the time. — Yoko Ono

Give peace a chance and let's hope that one day we will all live in peace. — Yoko Ono

The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and see it. — Yoko Ono

Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are. — Yoko Ono

You change the world by being yourself. — Yoko Ono

I trust in my inspiration, really, and that's difficult because sometimes you would rather be technical. And once you empty your mind, empty your brain, it's really incredible. I'm very caring about things that dash into my brain, and I make sure I don't just clog it. — Yoko Ono

I realized that an artist seeking to tell the truth in her art takes great courage. I recognize the courage required to bring children together from Israeli and Palestinian communities to find commonality in music as a very powerful and effective beginning towards Peace. — Yoko Ono

Imagine painting all the statues in the world in the color of the sky — Yoko Ono

We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians. — Yoko Ono

There is an incredible love in creating art unless somebody is saying, 'Hey, let's just make money,' because it doesn't work when you do it that way. If you are aiming for that, forget it. — Yoko Ono

Tape the sound of the moon fading at dawn. Give it to your mother to listen to when she's in sorrow. — Yoko Ono

I never thought I would go into the dance charts. — Yoko Ono

The thing is, even after the revolution, if people don't have any trust in themselves, they'll get new problems. — Yoko Ono

Confusion has become a state of mind, more of less; we're trained to be confused. Quite simply, the people in power are keeping us down, keeping us docile and keeping us consuming with this confusion. It's a cultural confusion and it is deliberate. — Yoko Ono

This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves; the image has nothing to do with the reality of people. — Yoko Ono

Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity. — Yoko Ono

Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man. — Yoko Ono

We know that our cells are speaking to each other. — Yoko Ono

We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children. — Yoko Ono

I just like to explore all sorts of different forms - no, 'explore' is not even the word - enjoy. You don't want to limit yourself to a particular form. — Yoko Ono

Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do. — Yoko Ono

Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not? We are living in the age when there is no limit in gathering all forms of art and music to mix it together if you so desire. — Yoko Ono

If everybody thinks of something, then it will happen. Your mind is part of the universe. It is connected, you can use its energy. — Yoko Ono

It's better to dance than to march through life. — Yoko Ono

Loneliness is equal to the radius of one's awareness. — Yoko Ono

I have the outsider's vision, which is creating wisdom I can share with the world. The fact that I am misunderstood has always given me an added impetus to work on communication to bridge the gap. — Yoko Ono

I think people place limitations on each other and on ourselves. There is a great fear of expressing ourselves, of making creativity happen. — Yoko Ono

Life with another person is always difficult. — Yoko Ono

If your life changes, we can change the world, too. — Yoko Ono

Be silent in a group of people
See what they reveal to you. — Yoko Ono

You can be lonely when you have a guy living with you. — Yoko Ono

I'm into indie music. I think indie is going to bring back the spirit in music. There was a time when it was all about accommodating the music business, the music was getting tasteless, but the spirit is back. — Yoko Ono

Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited. — Yoko Ono

Mirror becomes a razor when it's broken. A stick becomes a flute when it's loved. — Yoko Ono

When you go on a stage, before you go on a stage you're really scared and you're really frightened. You don't know what to do. "Why did I say yes to this?" But once you're on the stage you think, "Okay." — Yoko Ono

Violence isn't just a conceptual thing. it could happen to your kids. — Yoko Ono

Artists are going to be the metronome of this society. — Yoko Ono

Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just hearing the first eight bars, it immediately makes my bod start moving and dancing. — Yoko Ono

When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.' — Yoko Ono

I think that all women are witches, in the sense that a witch is a magical being. And a wizard, which is a male version of a witch, is kind of revered, and people respect wizards. But a witch, my god, we have to burn them. It's the male chauvinistic society that we're living in for the longest time, 3,000 years or whatever. And so I just wanted to point out the fact that men and women are magical beings. We are very blessed that way, so I'm just bringing that out. Don't be scared of witches, because we are good witches, and you should appreciate our magical power. — Yoko Ono

Many incredible artists die before they were famous. — Yoko Ono

Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying. — Yoko Ono

I should think that people would be more interested in politics and all that is happening, rather than two lovebirds who are looking to wed. I think it's very nice that in an age when love is so scarce that people are willing to gamble on getting married. — Yoko Ono

Walking on thin ice, I'm paying the price. I'm throwing the dice in the air. Why must we learn it the hard way, and play the game of life with your heart? — Yoko Ono

There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and society's accepting us as we are'. Which is just hogwash. It's not true at all. — Yoko Ono

The universe, when you leave it alone, is going to be beautiful. — Yoko Ono

In the present age when communication is so rapid, we should create a different tradition, traditions are created everyday. Five years now is like 100 years before. We are living in a society that has no history. There's no precedent for this kind of society so we can break the old patterns. — Yoko Ono

Life keeps getting better. If anything, you start to carry a certain pride in having survived all those years. — Yoko Ono

You don't need talent to be an artist. 'Artist' is just a frame of mind. Anybody can be an artist, anybody can communicate if they are desperate enough. — Yoko Ono

When I'm putting some communication out on Twitter or Facebook or Instagram, I think that it's helping me, my brain, you know, because it's always somehow stimulated by people who are sending things to me. And it works both ways. It's great. My brain is very happy about it. — Yoko Ono

Mothers are not supposed to give guidance. — Yoko Ono

Art is like breathing for me. If I don't do it, I start to choke. — Yoko Ono

Stand in the evening light until you become transparent or until you fall asleep. — Yoko Ono

What a beautiful future it will be! Don't worry about life being boring. It will never be. — Yoko Ono

We're all water from different rivers,
That's why it's so easy to meet,
We're all water in this vast, vast ocean,
Someday we'll evaporate together. — Yoko Ono

I must say that I always thought I had a voice, even when I was 4 years old. — Yoko Ono

You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through. — Yoko Ono

In a way the new music showed things could be transformed by new channels of communication. — Yoko Ono

I love to work. Doing things we love is how we relax, I think. — Yoko Ono

Try to say nothing negative about anybody.
a) for three days
b) for forty-five days
c) for three months
See what happens to your life. — Yoko Ono

The work of the poet has always been to shine a bright light on the absurdities of society, challenging hypocrisy and greed, and presenting the tools of change. (Donovan) — Yoko Ono

Society tells you that when you're old you have to retire. You have to defy that. — Yoko Ono

Energy is so important. If you don't have it, don't bother with rock and roll. — Yoko Ono

I don't work for a long time on anything. I don't have too much time in life. — Yoko Ono

If you're criticized then you can use it as an experience. Compliments, you can't use. — Yoko Ono

It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black. — Yoko Ono

We've been filled with great treasure for one purpose: to be spilled. — Yoko Ono

I have only one life, so I want to make sure it's a good one. — Yoko Ono

I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world. — Yoko Ono

John would have been the first white rapper. And also he would have cherished the Internet. — Yoko Ono

When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko, be careful. These people have all the power.' But, you know, most people don't speak out because they are frightened. — Yoko Ono

You can't dance if you got too much muck in your head. — Yoko Ono

If I was a Jewish girl in Hitler's day, I would become his girlfriend. After ten days in bed, he would come to my way of thinking. — Yoko Ono

A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time. — Yoko Ono

Tape the sound of friends laughing together. Save it for a rainy day. — Yoko Ono

Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with women. — Yoko Ono

You know harmony only exists in music-isn't that amazing? I think that if you see earth from very far away, the color is blue. That is very interesting because blue is the color of communication. — Yoko Ono

I was being hated for about 40 or 50 years by the whole world, but it did not destroy me, and it did not ruin my health. And the reason is because I just did not answer them. I had my own life. — Yoko Ono

You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them. — Yoko Ono

Don't ever give up on life. Life can be so beautiful, especially after you've spent a lot of time with it. — Yoko Ono

Healing yourself is connected with healing others. — Yoko Ono